Societies Act · s 50

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s 50Fraud, false declaration and misappropriation

Any person who, with intent to mislead or defraud, gives to any person —

(a)

a copy of any laws, regulations, rules or other document, other than the rules of a registered society, on the pretence that they are the existing rules of that society or that there are no other rules of the society; or

(b)

a copy of any rules on the pretence that those rules are the rules of a registered society when the society is not registered, is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding

$5,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or both.